10 
BULLETIN 1399, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
Table 5. — Meats, fats, and oils: Approximate supplies in Germany, 1921-1924, 
compared with 1912 
[In thousands— 000 omitted] 
Boundaries of 1923 
1912 
1921 
1922 
1923 
1924 
German production- 
Pounds 
2, 164, 587 
3, 968, 159 
948, 407 
Pounds 
1.72'.*, 198 
2, 328. 708 
907,688 
Pou nds 
1,800,078 
2, 326, 834 
1, 022, 636 
Pounds 
1,159,900 
2,022,100 
837, 365 
Pou nds 
1, 906, 543 
Pork ... 
2, 896, 869 
857, 137 
Total - 
7, 081, 153 
4, 965, 894 
5, 149, 548 
1,019,365 
5, 660, 549 
Imported supplies- 
i 144, 500 
i 167,619 
• 693, 598 
2 67, 627 
223, 695 
702, 131 
112,326 
98, 214 
329,840 
182, 648 
142. 7 Hi 
513, 348 
235, 605 
Pork 
143, 947 
680, 792 
Total 
' 1, On:,, 717 
993.453 
540, 380 
S3>. 712 
1, 060, 344 
Total produced and imported— 
2, 309, 087 
4, 135, 778 
1, 642, 005 
1, 797, 125 
2, 552, 403 
1, 609, 819 
1,912.404 
2,425,048 
1,352,476 
1,342,548 
2,164,816 
1,350,713 
2, 142, 1 is 
Pork 
3, 040, 816 
1, 537, 929 
8, 086, 870 
5, 959, 347 
5, 689. 928 
4, 858. 077 
6, 720, 893 
Fats and oils: 
German production — 
2, 133, 000 
59,000 
1, 353, 000 
88,000 
1, 368, 000 
88,000 
1, 350, 000 
88,000 
3 1, 350, 000 
3 88, 000 
Total 
2, 192, 000 
1,441,000 
1,456,000 
1,438,000 
3 1, 438, 000 
Imported supplies 
471,000 
75,000 
734, 000 
443,000 
64,000 
750, 000 
272,000 
137,000 
9.59, 000 
396, 000 
97. 000 
661,000 
512, 000 
73,000 
525, 000 
Total 
1, 283, 000 
1, 257, 000 
1, 368, 000 
1,154,000 
1, 110.000 
Total produced and imported— 
2, 607, 000 
75,000 
793,000 
1, 796, 000 
64,000 
838,000 
1,640,000 
137, 000 
1,047,000 
1, 746, 000 
97,000 
749,000 
1, 862, 000 
73,000 
613,000 
3, 475, 000 
2, 698, 000 
2, 824, 000 
2, 592, 000 
2, 548, 000 
1 
Ik 
i Includes meats brought from other parts of the Empire. 
2 Does not include corned beef. 
3 1924 production figures are not available; assumed to equal that of 1923. 
Before the war (1912) the territories now composing the Republic 
of Germany produced approximately 87.6 per cent and imported (net) 
12.4 per cent of its total supply of all meats. 
In 1924 production approximated 84.2 per cent and net importa- 
tions 15.8 per cent of the total available supplies. 
In 1924 production of meats had fallen to approximately 80 per 
cent of the 1912 estimates and importations had risen to approxi- 
mately 105 per cent. The total supply was 83 per cent of the total 
supply of 1912, but because of increased population was only 76.5 
per cent of the total requirement of the inhabitants based upon pre- 
war consumption rates. 
There lias been a considerable reduction in potential supplies of 
meats in Germany ever since the beginning of the war. No informa- 
tion is available to show how low supplies fell during and immediately 
after the war, hut there have been some improvements since 1918. 
The best available data indicate that for the year 1921 the per capita 
supply of meats was 69.7 per cent of the supply in 1912, and for 1922 
